In a brief interview with CEW, P Prasanna Kumar Rao, Managing Director,
Heidelberg ProMinent Fluid Controls India Pvt Ltd, informs that the
company plan to develop a new range of pumps for oil and gas industry.

Heidelberg ProMinent Fluid controls India Pvt
Ltd, is a fully owned subsidiary of ProMinent
Dosiertechnik GmbH, Germany who are the world
leaders in the fields of Dosing pumps, Controllers,
Ozone Generators and Allied Equipments.
ProMinent has been in India from 1986 in the form of
a Joint Venture Company. In the year 1997 ProMinent
started its own subsidiary in an effort to be able to
transfer the latest technology to the Indian market
and to be able to invest more in the Indian operations.
Heidelberg ProMinent is now the leader in its field in
India with exports to many countries.

Please apprise us of company's performance over
the recent few years.
We have performed well over the last decade and our
average increase in turnover has been above 20 per cent.

Please brief us about your manufacturing facilities
and research and development units.
Our manufacturing facility is based at Bengaluru. We
have R&D facilities in India and we have developed
our own range of products which are now exported to
different parts of the world.

Your organisation serves a number of industries
including Chemical, Oil & Gas, Pulp & Paper, etc.
How do you evolve the R&D process to meet varied
requirement of different industries?
We are the pioneers in the usage of Chlorine di oxide in
water treatment in India and our R&D efforts are focused
on developing products suited to the India market.

How do you cater to export demands? Please specify
the areas; your esteemed organisation specialises in?
We export our products to more than 20 countries
including Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, Malaysia,
Singapore, Thailand, USA etc. We specialise in
metering pumps.

Do you see any change in pattern of demand by the
customers? Please elaborate.
The pattern depends on the economic situation which has
been not positive this year. We hope that it will improve
next year.

What is the current market share of the organisation ??
In India and other countries?
We have a market share of around 30-35 per cent in India
as well as globally for the Prominent Group.

What are your overall plans for future?
We hope to develop a new range of pumps especially for
application with Oil and Gas Industry.